1. Don’t miss our interactive Warfighter Panel
presents a training conference:
and Master Class on Testing and Evaluation!
See page 3 for details.
9th Annual
Software Radio
Communications
Summit TM
February 7 – 9, 2011
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
Vienna, VA
The Next Generation in SDR Communications
Discuss and debate the latest in software defined
radio communications with our most diverse
speakers to date, including:
Dr. Ron Jost CSM Bernard McPherson, USA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of PEO Soldier
Defense, C3, Space and Spectrum, Dr. Larry Stotts
OSD Deputy Director, Strategic
Mr. Henry Muller, SES Technology Office, DARPA
Director, Space and Terrestrial Mr. Byron Barker
Communications Directorate, US Chief, Strategic Planning
Army, CERDEC Division, Office of Spectrum
Mr. Michael Eixenberger Management, NTIA
Deputy Director, LandWarNet/Battle
Command, HQDA, DCS, G 3/5/7 Co-located with
4th Annual
Featuring challenging sessions on:
• SDR performance in Theatre: Operational requirements
to and through the platform to the Warfighter
Military
•
•
Cognitive Radio and Waveform Advancements
Testing and Evaluation
Radar TM
Attend BOTH
• Security and information assurance events!
• Software Communications Architecture See page 6 for
• And much more! more information
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2. presents a training conference:
Software Radio
9th
Annual
Communications
Summit TM
February 7 – 9, 2011
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
Vienna, VA
As means to transmit indispensable data, SDRs are essential to the Who You Will Meet:
optimization of DoD interoperability and net-centricity. The ability of our
Armed Services to effectively execute a mission is driven, in large part, by their IDGA’s 9th Annual Software
communications capabilities. The DoD and our international allies are Radio Communications Summit
continuing to invest heavily in R&D for meeting the demands of improved offers you the unique opportunity to
interoperability and efficient net-centric technology, and over $15bn per year is interact and network with an
currently allocated to the global communications industry. audience of military, government,
academic, and private sector leaders
IDGA’s Software Radio Communications Summit, now in its 9th successful
iteration, strives to create a forum where actionable discussion and debate can with titles such as:
occur between and among our delegates and speaker faculty. By joining us in
2011, you will find yourself immersed in discussions that revolve around
• Systems Architect
crucial topics such as: • Systems Engineer
• Interoperability testing and evaluation efforts • Technical Director
• Cognitive radio technology for dynamic spectrum access
• SDR performance in Theatre
• Requirements Director
• Waveform development • Program Manager
• Operational needs for current vehicle and solider communication systems
• Security advancements and defense for attacks on radio interference in • Business Development Manager
wireless networks • Bandwidth Engineer
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network and forge new partnerships • Waveform Developer
and solutions with your peers. Reserve your place among the stakeholders in
the Software Defined Radio communications community. Register yourself and • C4ISR Systems Analyst
your team today by logging onto www.SoftwareRadioSummit.com or calling
1-800-882-8684!
• Policy Analyst
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3. Master Class in Testing and
Evaluation and Technology Monday, February 7, 2011
As software defined radio technology evolves to meet the demands of Operational forces, so does the need to consistently
improve upon effective and efficient testing and evaluation. With more time dedicated to each session, this day will allow you
to engage in in-depth discussion and debate in a classroom style setting. Learn about unique testing challenges throughout the
program lifecycle, including the initial R&D, design validation, prototyping, limited and full production, compliance and
interoperability testing, and field and logistical support.
7:30 am Registration & Coffee
Morning Keynote
8:30 am – 9:45 am Latest Updates on Interoperability Testing and Evaluation Efforts from the Joint
Interoperability Test Command (DISA)
The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) conducts testing of national • Overview of current testing capabilities
security systems and information technology systems hardware, software
and components. Services include developmental, conformance, How you will benefit:
interoperability, operational and validation testing. • Discover the abilities of JITC to provide “one-stop systems testing”
The command can interface all of its on-site capabilities and its network • Learn about current services offered throughout (DISA), combatant
with any other testing or operational facility worldwide. The JITC facilities commands, the Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies,
are located at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and Indian Head, Md. JITC is a member allies, coalition partners and commercial vendors
of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB).
Session leader:
What will be covered: Col Joseph Puett, Commander, Joint Interoperability Test Command,
• Cost-effective test, evaluation, and certification services to support rapid DISA
acquisition and fielding of global net-centric warfighting capabilities
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Substantial Test and Evaluation Instrumentation to Meet the Demands of SDR Technology for
our Armed Services
Complex, high-performance requirements for testing and evaluation are What will be covered:
predominantly found in the aerospace, defense, wireless mobile, • Design of microelectronic and test and measurement solutions
broadband communications and advanced manufacturing markets. • Efficient testing and evaluation of software defined radios, and
Founded in 1937, Aeroflex has developed substantial Test and how they perform in the field
Measurement Instrumentation to meet the demands of our Armed
Services. You will learn about how best provide solutions encompassing a How you will benefit:
full spectrum of instrumentation from turnkey systems, stand alone • Understand the development process of semiconductors that are capable
boxes or modular components that provide customers with highly of operating in harsh environments
reliable, customized, innovative and cost effective testing tools.
Session leader:
Andrew Reynolds, Field Applications Engineer, Aeroflex Cupertino
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm SDRs and Mission Planning: Tools for Today and Tomorrow
With the increasing demand on limited spectral resources, there is a strong How you will benefit:
need for more capable radios that are dynamic in their use of spectrum, • We will also look down the road at how these tools can be used to
including the avoidance of potential interference. To aid in the design of simulate dynamic spectrum scenarios, software definable modems, and
these radios, there are a number of software tools that can be used to cognitive radios in large scale networked environments as an aide in
better understand how to appropriately design radios to correctly mitigate understanding the wide range of variables at play and their impacts on
interference concerns. network performance.
What will be covered: Session leaders:
• Current software tools and their benefits
Jeff Bench
Lead Design Engineer, L-3 Communications in Salt Lake City, UT
Jeff Harrell
Senior Network Architect at L-3 Communications in Salt Lake City, UT
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4. Main Summit Day One Tuesday, February 8, 2011
7:15 Registration & Coffee 1:40 Managing the Federal Government's Use of
the Radio Frequency Spectrum
• Establishing and issuing policy regarding allocations and
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Remarks regulations governing the Federal spectrum use
L-3 Communications • Development of plans for the peacetime and wartime use of
the spectrum
• Overview of current and future spectrum allocation and
Morning Keynote
8:10 Software Defined Radio in Tactical Networking management processes
• Command, control, space and spectrum programs utilizing
Mr. Byron Barker, Chief, Strategic Planning Division,
SDR technology for the objective of net-centric operations
• Tactical and strategic intelligence processing Office of Spectrum Management, NTIA
Dr. Ron Jost, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, C3,
Space and Spectrum, OSD 2:20 Networking Break
8:50 DARPA’s STO: Progress in Adaptive Wireless 3:05 Software Defined Radio and Operational
Networking and Spectrum Initiatives
• Development of communications, networking, information
Needs for Current Vehicle and Soldier
operations and battle command technologies for network- Communication Systems
centric operations (Warfare and Enterprise) and
• Network integration into the Army’s ground combat vehicle
generalized C4ISR
• Operational requirements to and through the platform to
the Soldier: Maintaining relevant situational awareness at
Dr. Larry Stotts, Deputy Director, Strategic Technology all levels
Office, DARPA • Reducing the platform burden of SDRs and the Network --
Understanding the Cost-Benefit at that pointed end of
the spear
9:30 Networking Break
Mr. Christopher Geeding, Mounted Requirements
Division, Capabilities Development and Integration
10:15 Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) Directorate, Maneuver Center of Excellence, US Army
• Meeting the challenges of future DoD spectrum access
• DoD DSA Spectrum Management Roadmap
• Enhancing mission capabilities and interoperability 3:45 Warfighter Perspective - Interactive Panel
Hear straight from the end - user in this interactive panel
Mr. Howard McDonald, Team Lead for DSA, Defense discussion about SDR performance. Members of the panel will
Spectrum Organization, DISA each respond DIRECTLY to questions taken purely from the
audience: (Delegates will have a chance to submit their
question prior to the start of the panel.) Don’t miss this
10:55 Army Perspective on Spectrum Management opportunity to receive feedback from our Warfighters and
• Managing radio frequency spectrum management and radio Operators!
regulatory matters
• Developing and implementing spectrum management policy Panel Leader:
• Allocating frequency resources to support the Army CSM Bernard C. McPherson, USA, PEO Solider
Mr. David Pierce, Deputy Director, Army Spectrum
Management Office 4:30 Cocktail Reception
Continue the discussions from the panel during our
networking reception!
11:35 Lunch
5:30 End of Day One
1:00 Advancing Innovative Technologies to Ensure
Afternoon Keynote
Networked Warfighter Dominance
• Research, development and evaluation of trusted
communications and networking technologies to transition
operationally relevant solutions to the Warfighter
• Overview of SDR Lab
Mr. Henry Muller, SES, Director, Space and Terrestrial
Communications Directorate, US Army, CERDEC
"Excellent conference. Very informative.
Provided good insight to successes and challenges in the SDR field."
- Southwest Research Institute
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5. Main Summit Day Two Wednesday, February 9, 2011
7:15 Registration & Coffee 12:45 Security Advancements and Defense for
Attacks of Radio Interference in Wireless
Networks
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Remarks • Physical layer methods for achieving confidentiality and
L-3 Communications authentication
• How the physical and link layer can feed information to
higher protocol layers to support situational awareness
Morning Keynote
8:10 Universal Radio Frequency Programs to Dr. Wade Trappe, PhD, Associate Director, WINLAB,
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Support the Warfighter
• Current and future capabilities integration
Engineering Department, Rutgers University
Mr. Michael Eixenberger, Deputy Director,
1:25 Cognitive Radio Technologies - Spectrum
Cognitive Radio Focus
LandWarNet/Battle Command, HQDA, DCS G 3/5/7
Sensing, Waveform Design and Evaluation
• Spectrum sensing issues, challenges and approaches
• SMSE based overlay and underlay waveform
8:50 NASA’s SDR Architecture for Space • Test and evaluation
Telecommunications Radio System
• Update and progress on space flight experiment to Vasu Chakravarthy, Ph.D., Senior Electronics Engineer,
International Space Station AFRL/Sensors Directorate/EW Techniques Development
• Current mission needs and SDR standards coordination and Analysis Branch
Richard Reinhart, Senior Communications Engineer, NASA
2:05 Networking Break
9:30 Networking Break
2:35 DHS Perspective Towards Radio
10:15 ESSOR: European Secure Software Defined Communications for Meeting Homeland
DHS Insight
Radio Security Needs
European Focus
• Update on project status and future potentials for increased •Update from the office of the Multi-band radio PM
multi-national particiaption •Current initiatives and challenges with advancing homeland
• Validation and verification of waveform portability and platform communications
re-configurability and setting up common security basis Mr. Thomas Chirhart, PM, MBR, S&T, DHS
• Challenges in providing a SDR architecture
Mr. Philippe Margot, ESSOR Program Manager, OCCAR
3:15 Challenges and Opportunities for SDR-based
Systems Targeting Modernized GPS User
10:55 Software Defined Radio’s Role in Building the Equipment
Network of Networks • Technology needs
• Flat switching (Layer-2) architectures vs hierarchical routing • Business opportunities
(Layer-3) networks and non-traditional agnostic transit • Current applications and futures requirements for GPS
architectures Mr. Kevin Skey, Group Leader, Principal Integrated Circuit
• Required level of configuration, security, scalability, Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
interoperability, quality of service, and reservation of
resources.
Victor Wells, Senior Network Communications Architect, 4:00 Wireless Innovation Forum Vendor Panel:
Performance
Manager of Advanced Networking group, L-3 SDR Performance
In-Theater
Feedback!
Communication Systems-West in Salt Lake City, UT Hear from individuals straight from the battlefield! Lee Pucker,
CEO of Wireless Innovation Forum, will moderate a panel of
vendors who have recently returned from Theatre to discuss
11:40 Lunch SDR performance.
4:40 End of Summit
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radio and your conference filled in a lot of gaps. We’ll do more with you."
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